Nursing Instructor

Nursing Instructor

Salary

$48,454.00 - $75,617.00 Annually

Location

RSTC - 100 HWY 83, Evergreen, AL

Job Type

Full-Time

Job Number

08559

College/Division

RSTC-201270-Practical Nursing

Opening Date

09/03/2026

Closing Date

10/31/2026 3:00 AM Central

Campus Location

Reid State Technical College

• Description
• Benefits

Position Summary

Scope

The Nursing Instructor provides high-quality didactic, laboratory, simulation, and clinical instruction in assigned nursing courses and programs while supporting student achievement, safe clinical learning, and continuous program improvement. The position promotes evidence-based teaching, consistent evaluation, academic support, and compliance with institutional, accreditation, regulatory, and clinical-agency requirements. The Nursing Instructor also contributes to curriculum development, outcomes assessment, recruitment, retention, and other nursing-program responsibilities that support student success and program effectiveness.

Authority

The Nursing Instructor is directly responsible to the Director of Nursing.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Major Responsibilities

Instruction and Student Learning Duties:

• Provides instruction and evaluation in assigned nursing courses in day, evening, hybrid, online, laboratory, simulation, and clinical formats at RSCC campuses, approved instructional sites, worksites, and clinical agencies as assigned.
• Teaches from the current ACCS-approved course directory, Plans of Instruction, RSCC curriculum plans, course syllabi, and approved program policies while maintaining alignment among course objectives, student learning outcomes, instructional activities, and evaluation methods.
• Uses evidence-based teaching and instructional strategies appropriate to the delivery method, adult learners, and assigned nursing content.
• Provides students with current course syllabi and clearly communicates course requirements, attendance expectations, grading and evaluation methods, clinical requirements, progression standards, and available remediation and support resources.
• Evaluates and documents student academic, laboratory, simulation, and clinical performance in a timely, consistent, and objective manner and provides prompt feedback and appropriate remediation.
• Maintains appropriate office and student support hours and provides academic advising, coaching, and referral to RSCC support services as needed.
• Maintains complete and accurate course, grade, attendance, clinical evaluation, assessment, and instructional records required by RSCC, ACCS, ABN, ACEN, and clinical partners.

Clinical, Laboratory, and Simulation Duties:

• Provides direct supervision of students in clinical learning experiences consistent with ABN standards, course outcomes, faculty qualifications, student readiness, and clinical-agency requirements.
• Maintains faculty-to-student ratios collaboratively established by the nursing program and clinical agency and complies with the ABN maximum of 1:8 in licensed inpatient acute-care hospital clinical experiences.
• Remains readily accessible to students during assigned clinical learning experiences to provide direction, procedural guidance, supervision, and evaluation.
• Ensures students are assigned only to learning experiences for which they have demonstrated appropriate preparation and required clinical clearance.
• Promotes patient and student safety, confidentiality, professional conduct, infection prevention, medication safety, and adherence to clinical-agency policies and applicable standards of nursing practice.
• Participates in simulation-based learning consistent with approved curriculum, ABN requirements, current simulation standards, and RSCC policies and completes required simulation training applicable to assigned responsibilities.
• Maintains current clinical competence and knowledge relevant to assigned nursing courses and clinical areas.

Curriculum, Assessment, and Compliance Duties:

• Participates in development, implementation, review, evaluation, and updating of nursing curricula, course materials, syllabi, clinical evaluation tools, simulation activities, and teaching-learning practices.
• Participates in systematic program evaluation, outcomes assessment, data collection, analysis, action planning, and documentation related to end-of-program student learning outcomes, program outcomes, NCLEX preparation, retention, completion, graduate performance, employer feedback, and other program indicators.
• Uses assessment findings and evidence to recommend and implement improvements in instruction, curriculum, clinical learning, student support, and program operations.
• Participates in selection and evaluation of textbooks, learning resources, testing products, technology, laboratory and simulation equipment, and instructional supplies.
• Contributes faculty input to program planning, resource needs, scheduling, clinical placement planning, and budget requests.
• Maintains educational, experiential, licensure, certification, and professional qualifications required for assigned courses and responsibilities under ABN, ACEN, ACCS Policy 605.02, RSCC credentialing standards, and clinical-agency requirements.
• Participates in ACEN accreditation activities, ABN reports and reviews, ACCS compliance activities, institutional accreditation activities, self-studies, site visits, substantive-change documentation, follow-up reports, and other regulatory or accreditation processes as assigned.
• Completes required faculty orientation and ongoing development in teaching and learning, adult learning principles, curriculum development, assessment and test-item writing, clinical education, simulation, and other areas appropriate to the faculty role.
• Participates in regular faculty performance evaluation and uses evaluation findings to support professional growth and continuous improvement.
• Maintains required documentation for faculty credentialing, licensure verification, professional development, clinical-agency onboarding, health requirements, background checks, certifications, and other compliance records.
• Attends nursing faculty meetings, division meetings, College meetings, professional development activities, committee meetings, advisory activities, and other assigned institutional functions.
• Reports promptly to the Director of Nursing any licensure issue, clinical-agency restriction, student safety concern, or other condition that could affect faculty qualifications, ability to teach, or program compliance.

Student, Community, and College Duties:

• Supports recruitment and retention of qualified nursing students through advising, information sessions, high-school and community outreach, career events, and other approved recruitment activities.
• Advises students regarding plans of study, course sequencing, progression requirements, clinical eligibility, licensure preparation, career development, and transfer or upward-mobility opportunities within the scope of assigned duties.
• Maintains professional relationships with clinical agencies, healthcare employers, community partners, and other educational institutions to support high-quality clinical learning, workforce responsiveness, and student transition to practice.
• Uses RSCC-approved learning management, student information, assessment, communication, and instructional technology systems effectively and securely.
• Maintains confidentiality of student, employee, patient, and clinical-agency information in accordance with FERPA, HIPAA, RSCC policy, and applicable law.
• Performs other duties consistent with the faculty role as assigned by the Director of Nursing or other appropriate RSCC administrator.

Qualifications

Qualifications

• An active, unencumbered Alabama registered nurse license or active multistate registered nurse license issued by a Nurse Licensure Compact party state is required.
• An earned graduate degree in nursing or a related health field from an institution accredited by an organization recognized by the U.S. Department of Education is required.
• Academic and experiential qualifications appropriate to the nursing content, clinical area, and level of instruction assigned are required.
• At least three (3) years of successful full-time professional nursing experience, or equivalent experience sufficient to demonstrate current competence in the assigned nursing field, is required.
• Ability to meet clinical-agency requirements and maintain certifications, health documentation, background and drug-screen requirements, and other clearances applicable to assigned clinical responsibilities is required.
• Postsecondary nursing teaching experience in classroom, laboratory, simulation, and/or clinical settings is preferred.
• Experience with concept-based nursing curricula and ACCS nursing Plans of Instruction is preferred.
• Experience with ACEN accreditation, ABN program approval and compliance, systematic program evaluation, outcomes assessment, NCLEX preparation, and/or nursing simulation is preferred.
• Current professional certification relevant to the assigned clinical specialty or teaching responsibilities is preferred.
• Must possess effective written, oral, interpersonal, organizational, technology, and documentation skills.
• Must be able to collaborate effectively with the Director of Nursing, nursing faculty, students, clinical partners, administrators, and support services.
• Must be able to manage multiple deadlines and maintain complete, accurate, accreditation-ready documentation.

Application Procedures/Additional Information

As this is an online application system, please use an email address you regularly monitor, as any follow-up notifications will be sent to the address listed on the application. Please read the entire application procedure before applying.

Applicants must meet the minimum and required qualifications and must submit a completed application through the online application system to be considered for this position. Submission of a completed application packet is the applicants responsibility. To be considered for an interview, only complete application packages will be given consideration; incomplete application packets will eliminate the possibility of an interview.

The applicant must submit all the following as outlined:

• A completed official College employment application

• A cover letter addressing your interest in the position, relevant qualifications, and how your skills align with the essential duties and responsibilities of the posted position.

• The cover letter should be no more than one page in length.

• A current resume

• Written verification of minimum required work experience from a current or previous employer.

• Verification must include employment dates, job title, and indicate whether the employment was full-time or part-time.

• There is a form that can be used, which is available at https://www.reidstate.edu/employment, located under Documents,

OR

• A letter on official letterhead and including an authorized signature with employment dates, job title, and an indication of whether the employment was full-time or part-time.
• Copy of unofficial or official transcripts. (Transcripts must confirm the applicant meets educational requirements.)
• If employed by the College, it is the employees responsibility to furnish official transcripts to the Office of Human Resources of Reid State Community College from the institution(s) granting the educational credits.
• Copies of a High School diploma will not be accepted.

Applications must be filed online at: https://www.reidstate.edu/employment. If at any point you have problems completing your application, contact the human resources department at Reid State Community College (sbrown@reidstate.edu).

Please note: All application materials must be electronic. It is recommended that you have digital copies (such as PDFs) of your resume, employment verification documents (if applicable), all required transcripts, and any other documents identified in the vacancy announcement ready when you begin the online application process. You will be given the opportunity to upload these during the process. Reid State Community College does not accept faxed, mailed, or emailed application materials.

Complete application files must be received by the application deadline. Applicants who fail to submit all required information will be disqualified from consideration. Only applications received during the period of this announcement will be considered.

Applicants are responsible for their own travel expenses.

In accordance with Alabama Community College System policy and guidelines, the applicant chosen for employment will be required to sign a consent form for a criminal background check. Employment will be contingent upon the receipt of a clearance notification from the criminal background check.

Reid State Community College is an active participant in the Employment Eligibility Verification Program (E-Verify). E-Verify electronically confirms an employee's eligibility to work in the United States as required by the Department of Homeland Security.

Reid State Community College is an Equal Opportunity Employer. It is the policy of the Alabama Community College System, including all postsecondary community and technical colleges under the control of the Alabama Community College System Board of Trustees, that no employee or applicant for employment or promotion, on the basis of any impermissible criterion or characteristic including, without limitation, race, color, national origin, religion, marital status, disability, sex, age, or any other protected class as defined by federal and state law, shall be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program, activity, or employment.

Reid State Community College will make reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities who are applicants or employees. Applicants who require reasonable accommodation for the interview are encouraged to request it when contacted for an interview appointment.

The College reserves the right to withdraw this job announcement at any time prior to the award being made. The College reserves the right to fill the position within one year of the stated anticipated starting date or not to fill the position due to budgetary or operational considerations.

The College reserves the right to fill more than one position in the same job classification should another vacancy occur during the search process.

Sick Leave

All regular full-time instructional staff earns one day of sick leave which is equivalent to 7 hours per month. Unused sick leave is rolled over to the following year. Upon retirement, employees are allowed to convert unused sick time into service time for the purpose of retirement. Further retirement benefits may be found on this page under Alabama Teachers Retirement.

7 hours per month

(may accumulate an unlimited number)

Annual Leave

Not applicable

(off between terms)

Personal Leave

All regular full-time instructional staff earns up to five (5) regularly scheduled workdays of personal leave per leave year.

Unused Personal Leave converts to sick leave if not used.

(converts to sick leave at the end of August each year if not used)

Professional Leave

Up to 10 days a year of professional development leave with pay may be granted by the President.

Holidays

New Years Day

Martin Luther King/Robert E. Lee Birthday

National Memorial Day

Juneteenth

Independence Day

Labor Day

Veterans Day

Thanksgiving Day

Day after Thanksgiving Day

Christmas Eve

Christmas Day

16 (5 locally assigned)

Retirement

The TRS was established in 1939 to provide benefits to qualified persons employed by state-supported educational institutions. Responsibility for the management and administration of the TRS is vested in its Board of Control. The Boards of Control elect the Secretary-Treasurer who serves as the Chief Executive Officer of the RSA and is responsible for the day-to-day management of the RSA. The TRS is a defined benefit plan qualified under Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code. For more information visit The Retirement Systems of Alabama. All regular full-time and part-time employees (non-temporary and non- student) who work at least 20 hours per week are required to participate in The Teachers Retirement System of Alabama.

Tier I - Pays 7.50% monthly. State matches 14.57% (effective 10/01/25)

Tier II - Pays 6.20% monthly. State matches 13.61% (effective 10/01/25)

Law Enforcement Officers:

Tier I-Pays 8.50% monthly. State matches 14.57% (effective 10/01/25)

Tier II- Pays 7.20% monthly. State matches 13.61% (effective 10/01/25)

Health Insurance

PEEHIP, established in 1983, provides health insurance benefits for active and retired education employees and is governed by the PEEHIP Board of Control. The Boards of Control elect the Secretary-Treasurer who serves as the Chief Executive Officer of the RSA and is responsible for the day-to-day management of the RSA. For more information visit http://www.rsa-al.gov/index.php/members/peehip

Premium amounts:

• Single $ 30
• Family (without Spouse but with dependents) $ 207
• Employee + Spouse (no dependents) $ 282
• Family (with Spouse and dependents*) $ 307
• Includes $100 per month spousal surcharge Note: The spousal surcharge does not apply to spouses who are independently eligible for PEEHIP.

Tobacco Usage Premium

• Member $ 50
• Spouse $ 50

The tobacco premium applies only to the PEEHIP Hospital Medical and VIVA Health plans. Refer to the Wellness Program section to learn how you and/or your spouse can receive the non-tobacco user discount.

Wellness Premium

• Member $ 50
• Spouse $ 50

The wellness premium applies only to the Blue Cross Blue Shield Hospital Medical Group #14000 plan for non-Medicare eligible active and retired members, non-Medicare-eligible members on LOA or COBRA, and non-Medicare-eligible spouses on active or retired contracts. Refer to the Wellness Program section to learn how you and/or your spouse can receive a wellness premium waiver.

If desired, employee may elect four options rather than health insurance options to include hospital indemnity, cancer, dental, and vision.

Optional Coverage Plan Premiums

• Cancer, Indemnity, and Vision Single or Family (cost per plan) $ 38
• Dental Single $ 38 Dental Family $ 50

Institution matches $904 monthly (effective 10/01/25).

Duty Hours

(Hours vary by campus and instructional needs)

Tuition Assistance

This tuition waiver program is designed for all full-time instructional and non-instructional employees of The Alabama College System and the Alabama Department of Postsecondary Education and their dependents as defined under by policy. The program will be coordinated by each institution for employees within The Alabama College System and the Alabama Department of Postsecondary Education. An application form for the tuition assistance program is available in the Human Resources office and should be completed prior to registration for classes.

Employees/Dependents at two-year colleges:

1/3 waived after 1st year

2/3 waived after 2nd year

3/3 waived after 3rd year

Note: Employee is vested after 10 years in Retirement System. Additional information regarding retirement may be obtained from the Retirement System Web site at www.rsa.al.gov.

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